Johan Van Overtveldt
{{Short description|Belgian politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Van Overtveldt|Overtveldt|lang=Dutch}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Johan Van Overtveldt
| image = 1718636541442 20240612 VAN OVERTVELDT Johan BE 07B.jpg
| office = Member of the European Parliament
for Belgium
| term_start = 2 July 2019
| term_end =
| office1 = Minister of Finance
| primeminister1 = Charles Michel
| term_start1 = 11 October 2014
| term_end1 = 9 December 2018
| predecessor1 = Koen Geens
| successor1 = Alexander De Croo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|8|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mortsel, Belgium
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = New Flemish Alliance (2013–present)
| alma_mater = Saint Ignatius University Centre
| constituency = Dutch-speaking electoral college
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
}}
Johan Van Overtveldt (born 24 August 1955) is a Belgian journalist and politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). He served as Minister of Finance of Belgium from 2014 until 2018. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament since July 2024, where is serves as chair of the Budgetary committee.{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Brussels |title=The 'most influential MEP' in the European Parliament uncovers the secrets to his success |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/944413/johan-van-overtveldt-the-prudential-politician |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=www.brusselstimes.com |language=en}}
Career
He was the chief editor of Trends from 2010 to 2013 and chief editor of Knack from 2011 to 2012.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
In 2012 he was awarded the Prize for Liberty by the Flemish classical-liberal think tank Libera!.
Political career
In November 2013 Van Overtveldt switched over to politics, becoming a member of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA). As main N-VA candidate for the 2014 European Parliament elections, he was elected as a member of the European Parliament.
Following the formation of the Michel Government in October 2014, Van Overtveldt became Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister Charles Michel; Sander Loones succeeded him as member of the European Parliament.
Since the 2019 elections, Van Overtveldt has been a member of the European Parliament, where he has been chairing the Parliament's Committee on Budgets. In addition, he is a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In this capacity, he is the Parliament's rapporteur on the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021–2027.{{cite news|author1=Sam Fleming |author2=Mehreen Khan|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c8db5629-9d11-484c-b9dc-ad6673306dc2 |title=Germany tables EU budget offer to break impasse with parliament|date=October 7, 2020|work= Financial Times}}
Van Overtveldt was re-elected in May 2024.
Other activities
=European Union organizations=
- European Investment Bank (EIB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2014-2018){{cite web|url=http://www.eib.org/about/governance-and-structure/statutory-bodies/board_of_governors/index.htm |title=Board of Governors]|website=European Investment Bank (EIB)}}
- European Stability Mechanism, Member of the Board of Governors (2014-2018){{cite web|url=https://www.esm.europa.eu/board-of-governors/esm/johan-van-overtveldt |title=Board of Governors: Johan Van Overtveldt |website= European Stability Mechanism}}
=International organizations=
- African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (2014-2018){{cite web|url=https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Generic-Documents/AfDB_Annual_Report_2017_EN.pdf |title=AfDB Annual Report 2017|website= African Development Bank (AfDB)}}
- Asian Development Bank (ADB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2014-2018)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2014-2018){{cite web|url=http://www.ebrd.com/shareholders-and-board-of-governors.html |title=Board of Governors|website= European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)}}
- Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2014-2018)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ex-Officio Alternate Member of the Board of Governors (2014-2018){{cite web|url=http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/memdir/members.aspx |title=Members|website= International Monetary Fund (IMF).}}
- Joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee, Member (2014-2018){{cite web |url=http://www.devcommittee.org/sites/www.devcommittee.org/files/documents/DCMembers_1.pdf |title=Members |website=www.devcommittee.org |access-date=2018-10-13 |archive-date=2018-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013211527/http://www.devcommittee.org/sites/www.devcommittee.org/files/documents/DCMembers_1.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2014-2018){{cite web|url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/BODINT/Resources/278027-1215526322295/MIGAGovernors.pdf |title=Board of Governors|website= Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group}}
- World Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2014-2018){{cite web|url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/BODINT/Resources/278027-1215526322295/BankGovernors.pdf |title=Board of Governors|website= siteresources.worldbank.or}}
Publications
- Het einde van de Euro{{Cite web|url=https://shop.acco.be/nl-be/items/9789033496011/Het-einde-van-de-euro|title=Het einde van de euro|website=Acco|accessdate=Oct 16, 2022}}
- Maandag geen economie meer?https://www.boek.be/boek/9789020988796{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business{{cite book|first=Johan|last=Van Overtveldt|author-link=Johan Van Overtveldt|url=https://archive.org/details/chicagoschoolhow0000over|title=The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business|isbn=9781932841145|publisher=Agate B2|access-date=2014-08-15|url-access=registration}}
- Bernanke's test{{cite book|first=Johan|last=Van Overtveldt|author-link=Johan Van Overtveldt |url=https://www.amazon.com/Bernankes-Test-Bernanke-Greenspan-Central/dp/B005K6O0KK |title=Bernanke's Test: Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and the Drama of the Central Banker|isbn= 978-1932841510 |publisher=Agate B2 |date=2010-04-13 |access-date=2014-08-15}}
References
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External links
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